KUWAIT CITY – Two members of Kuwait’s so-called “stateless” community say the Islamic State militant known as “Jihadi John” was born to an undocumented family in an impoverished corner of the oil-rich nation. They told The Associated Press on Monday that family members of militant Mohammed Emwazi in the Gulf …

MOSCOW – A Moscow court has ordered the governor of the Russian Pacific Island of Sakhalin to be held in custody on charges of accepting a $5.6-million bribe. Gov. Alexander Khoroshavin was arrested Wednesday and flown to Moscow, where the Basmanny district court ordered him held pending the probe. Investigator …

HELSINKI – An Iraqi-born cleric convicted of making death threats against a Norwegian politician and intimidating witnesses has walked free from prison. Mullah Krekar, a 58-year-old Kurd known as Najmaddin Faraj Ahmad, served nearly three years in prison. Relatives collected him Sunday from Kongsvinger prison near Oslo. Outside the gates, …

BEIRUT – In the moments after her husband blew himself up in the ballroom of a Jordanian hotel as part of an al-Qaida plot, Sajida al-Rishawi fled the scene of chaos wearing her own explosive belt. The 2005 assault on three hotels in Amman, the worst terror attack in Jordan’s …

Mad cow disease (search)was diagnosed in a Canadian cow this week, setting off a new round of predictable, but groundless panic. The U.S. government promptly banned imports of Canadian beef and cattle. Investors dumped the stock of beef-related companies, notablyMcDonald’s (search),which lost $1.5 billion in market value. And of course, …

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – A wealthy military general charged with murdering a fellow tycoon over a business dispute was taken into police custody Friday. Thong Sarath was sent to police headquarters in Phnom Penh after being taken into custody in the eastern province of Svay Rieng, National Police spokesman Gen. …

NAIROBI, Kenya – A Kenyan court on Wednesday granted police 15 days to hold and interrogate a man who is suspected of carrying out surveillance on President Uhuru Kenyatta’s rural home in preparation for an attack. Prosecutor Daniel Karuri told a court Wednesday that police require more time to interrogate …

SYDNEY – A Catholic brother accused of sex abuse in the U.S. has been convicted in Australia of a string of decades-old child sex offenses. Bernard Hartman was accused of abusing four children in the 1970s and 1980s, when he worked as a teacher at St Paul’s College, a secondary …

And now the most compelling two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: FOX Fans: Missed the Grapevine? Click here to watch it! John Kerry: Bush May Use Force As He Deems Necessary For the record, that resolutionJohn Kerry (search)voted for and keeps insisting just authorized the threat …

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Authorities in Northern California are searching Tuesday morning for a missing man who was canoeing with two others in the bay. Fire officials were called around 10:30 p.m. Monday after three people failed to return from an afternoon canoeing trip. The U.S. Coast Guard launched …